At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were down sharply on the lower midday boxed beef and profit-taking, with feeders picking up additional pressure from the modestly higher move in corn. December live cattle closed $1.55 lower at $151.52 and February live cattle closed $1.77 lower at $153.25 and January feeder cattle closed $3.123 lower at $178.57 and March feeder cattle closed $2.65 lower at $181.15.
It was a quiet Friday for direct cash cattle trade.